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Biometrical analysis of a random mating population: A comparison of five experimental designs
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Biometrical analysis of a random mating population: A comparison of five experimental designs

  • M J Kearsey1 

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Kearsey, M. Biometrical analysis of a random mating population: A comparison of five experimental designs. Heredity 20, 205–235 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.31

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